Carmela Coleman - RAL Potter

Carmela has been working in clay for almost 15 years. Her work not only shows her highly developed skills, but also her aesthetic inclinations.

You can find Carmela's work in the Art League Members' Gallery and at Gallery One in Ocean View, DE

More Great Student Work!

John Flournoy's first attempts at working with clay came recently when he enrolled in the Spring Osher class. I think you will agree that his entry into our world is impressive.

Great work John. Looking forward to your future endeavors.

Martha Grover's Quick Slip

The Brown Bag sessions have featured Martha Gtover's DVD, "Creating Curves with Clay" for the past two weeks and will complete it in our session this Tues., 4/2 at 12:00. Martha has provided many useful techniques and tips, including her recipe for joining slip, which we published previously on a tip from John Wear. It is so useful that's it's worth repeating again (with a slight adjustment).

Martha Grover's Joining Slip recipe:
   1. Soak and blend  4 sheets of double ply bath tissue in 1 and 1/2 cups of white vinegar.
   2. Add 1 and 1/2 cups of your bone dry clay body broken into 1/4" pieces.
   3. Mix into a paste and let sit overnight.
   4. Save and use with "slip and score" whenever you are joining slabs.

Martha also suggests that you can do crack repair with this slip. Good luck!

Brown Bag - Mar.26

Brown Bag sesssion on Tues., Mar. 26 will feature the 2nd hour of Martha Grover's DVD. The first was very well received and we're looking forward to learning some other great techniques.

Here's a sample of her work.

Join us!

Betsy Curtiss-RAL Potter

Betsy joined our group recently, but brings a great deal of pottery experience with her as you can see from some samples of her work below. Betsy will be doing a brush painting for potters workshop for the Art League in June. Stay tuned for details.

From Out of the Kiln!

Isn't it great when you open the kiln and get some really nice pieces? Here's two good examples from students, Diane Issel and Kelly Hobbs, in Kate Lear's class.

Diane

 

 

Kelly

 

 

 

Congratulations. Now you have to measure up to some very high standards.

Brown Bag Tues., 3/19

The Art League studios are finally back up and running as of last Friday, so we will resume our Brown Bag sessions this Tues., 3/19 with the DVD by Martha Grover. Martha produces interesting functional pottery with a flare with throwing and handbuilding techniques. Thanks to Carmela for providing this DVD. (for a preview go to the following address to see Martha demonstrate throwing and building a serving bowl http://ceramicartsdaily.org/daily/features-archive/0

Betsy and Carmela have agreed to have us showcase some of their work on the blog. We will be taking photos of their pieces on Thurs. at 1:30 in the studio. If you have pieces you would like to share with our members on the blog, please bring them in at that time.